Guthrie Center, IA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Guthrie Center, Iowa, shaded from 1,050 ft on the south side to 1,250 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,250 ft 380 m1,200 ft 365 m1,180 ft 360 m1,130 ft 345 m1,080 ft 330 m1,050 ft 320 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Guthrie Center sits at about 1,140 ft (345 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,140 ft 345 m
most residents: 1,090–1,210 ft
Lowest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the south side
Highest
1,250 ft 380 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,130 ft 345 m
all land inside city limits

Guthrie Center spans about 200 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,140 ft345 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
1,250 ft380 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
1,050 ft320 m
Town center
USGS map point for Guthrie Center
1,110 ft335 m
Airport (GCT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.3 mi east of the city limits
1,221 ft372 m
Average of all land1,130 ft345 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Guthrie Center, Iowa, shaded from 1,050 ft on the south side to 1,250 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Guthrie County, Iowa, United States
Population
1,579 2024 est.
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
664 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6772° N, 94.5033° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
South Raccoon River → Des Moines River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Guthrie County Regional (GCT) 1,221 ft
ZIP codes 1
50115
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Adair1,450 ft
  2. Casey1,290 ft
  3. Menlo1,260 ft
  4. Guthrie Center1,140 ft
  5. Bayard1,130 ft
  6. Yale1,120 ft
  7. Linden1,120 ft
  8. Bagley1,110 ft
  9. Lake Panorama1,090 ft
  10. Panora1,060 ft
  11. Diamondhead Lake1,020 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.